Battery and holder.



G. L.' PATTERSON.

BATTERY AND HOLDER.

APPLIOATION FILED Mn 2s, 190s.

Patented July 19, 1910.

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BATTERY AND HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1908.

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GEORGE LEWIS PATTERSON, OE NEW Yoan, N. Y.; AssieNoE To .ALICE c. PATTERSON,

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BATTERY AND HOLDER.

Sipecieation of Letters Patent.

Application led May 26, 1908. Serial No. 435,123.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE LEWIS PAT- TERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing atNew York, N. Y., have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Batteries and Holders, of whlch the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improved batteries and holders therefor.

The battery is of the dry battery type, the object being to provide improved con# struction whereby the same may be quickly cut into or out of circuit. The holder adapted thereto and arranged to cooperate therewith is of improved construction, and is arranged to receive and engage the battery cell so as to put the electrodes thereof in proper electrical connection with the cir# cuit by the mere act of pushing said battery into place. f

In the form shown, the battery has no binding posts, and hence the necessity of attaching and detaching terminal wires to the battery direct is eliminated, this connection being made through the medium of binding posts carried by the holder. The

l construction is also such that reversed polarity is impossible, a feature of great value where a plurality of battery units are to be connected in series. l

ln the drawings, Figure 1 is in the main a longitudinal sectional view of a holder of the three unit type, that is, a holder adapted to receive three battery cells and connect them in series; Fig. 2 is a view of the under side of the same; Fig. 3 is a section ofthe holder on the plane of theline .a2-x of Fig.`

l; Fig. 4 is a view of the upper end of a battery cell, detached; Fig. 5 is a plan view of said cell; Fig. 6 is a view of the under side of a detached set of bed-plates and sockets adapted to a single unit.

l represents a battery cell, of the usual Well-known dry battery construction. 2--3 are terminals projecting from one end thereof and electrically connected respectively with the positive and negatiye 'pole or elec trede of the battery, in any well-known manner. These terminals are also mechanically connected with the battery in any Wellknown manner, so as to be firmly held. To prevent reversing polarity, these terminals 243, while they may be of corresponding shape, arev non-symmetrical' in arrangement, relatively to each other, for example, terminal 3 is turned at a dilferent angle or plane from the angle or plane of terminal 2. To accom lish the same end, the size or shape of t ese terminals might be different. Each of these terminals may be notched' at one or both edges, as desired, for the purpose of frictional engagement with a retaining clip, -hereinafter described.

4 is a holder or insulated head of suitable l form, adapted to receive one or more battery units. This head may be made of any suitable insulating material, but preferably of a molded insulating material in which the sockets for each pair of terminal units are `in any well known manner. 9 9 are binding posts secured to the vholder 4. These binding osts are respectively connected to the positive andnegative socket terminals, and where more than one set of socket terf minals are arranged in series the negative terminal of one is connected with the positive terminal of another, as by means of. connector strips 10-10, which may also be enveloped in the insulating material of the holder 4. The sockets 7-8 are so positioned as to mechanically cooperate with the battery terminals 2 3, said sockets facing up in such a manner as vto receive said terminals when a battery is to be inserted. Each socket may include a retaining clip '7a-8a, each of which'is pro-vided with a projection arranged to engage the notched edge of its A 'respective battery `terminal to thus frictionally hold said terminal, and, in turn the battery, in place.

ln Fig. 4 l have conventionally shown by dotted lines that lone of the terminals 2 is electrically connected to the outer Wall or cup of the battery l, this ordinarily being one of the'electrodes, while the other' terminal 3 is electrically connected to the central carbon l, this ordinarily being the apposite electrode of the battery. v

qrem the foregoing it is a quick connectien citZ the hatt-ery unit may be made with the hcider, whereby new battery he quickly intrcd ced or substi 'tinted for an oid che. The vider itself may be attached to any superposed structure, for

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main circuit wires being attached to the binding posts 9--9 on the frame, one may readily renew the battery power with great ease and without the necessity of a skilled assistant, by simply pulling out one unit and ushin in a new one. A

' at I aim is;

l. In a holder for a battery, an insulating head, a holder element com rising two socket members vanchored in sa1d head and insulatedfrom each other, a battery cell, and

two termnals adapted to said sockets respectively, said soc non-symmetricalin arrangementto prevent l ets "and terminals being reversal of polarity.

.42. In a holder for a battery, an insulatin head, 'a socket including two bedlates anchored in said head and insulated om each other, a terminal cli carried by each of said lplates and arrange side by slde, a battery GEORGE LEWIS Witnesses:

R. C. MITCHELL, R. W. CARROLL.

PATTERSON. 

